The Johan Thorsten Sellin Papers include correspondence; biographical materials; drafts of writings; notes; clippings about
Sellin’s work; minutes; reprints of criminology articles; memorabilia; and some photographs. The material is largely professional,
not personal, and documents Sellin’s research as a penologist and his career as a teacher of sociology and criminology, as
well as his works in Swedish-American causes.

title

Johan Thorsten Sellin papers

creator

Sellin, Johan Thorsten, 1896-1994

id

PUSp.Ms. Coll. 694

repository

University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

extent

82 boxes

inclusive date

1886-1990

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

The Johan Thorsten Sellin Papers include correspondence; biographical materials; drafts of writings; notes; clippings about
Sellin’s work; minutes; reprints of criminology articles; memorabilia; and some photographs. The material is largely professional,
not personal, and documents Sellin’s research as a penologist and his career as a teacher of sociology and criminology, as
well as his works in Swedish-American causes.